Arthur Carl RUDRUM

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RUDRUM, Arthur Carl

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	10th Australian Army Service Corps
Born:	18 December 1886, place not yet discovered
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	State School, Victoria, Australia.
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	1969, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Coburg Lacrosse Club Roll of Honour, Northern Golf Club HR

World War 1 Service

8 Nov 1915:	Embarked Lieutenant, Officer, 18th Australian Army Service Corps, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
6 Apr 1916:	Promoted Australian Army (Post WW2), Captain
18 May 1917:	Transferred Australian Army (Post WW2), Captain, 8th Infantry Brigade Train, Transferred to 10 Coy AASC
12 Jun 1919:	Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Captain, Officer, 10th Australian Army Service Corps, Embarked Troopship Thermistocles, Devonport, England.
30 Sep 1919:	Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), Captain, Officer, 10th Australian Army Service Corps, AIF appointment terminated at end of hostilities.

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Biography contributed by Neil Leckie

Arthur Carl Rudrum was a 28-year-old single Clerk living with his parents in the Officer's Quarters at Pentridge Prison in Coburg when he enlisted in Melbourne on 9 September 1915. His previous service was two years and eight months in the Senior Cadets followed by eighteen months as a 2nd Lieutenant in 30 Coy ASC (Militia). He embarked on the Ascanius and was promoted to Captain on 6 April 1916. On 18 May 1917 Arthur transferred to 10 Coy then on 1 September to the 5th Divisional Train. On 16 March 1919 he was Mentioned in Sir Douglas Haig’s Despatches. Captain Rudrum embarked on the troopship Thermistocles at Devonport, England, for RTA on 11 June 1919, disembarking in Melbourne on 18 August. His appointment in the AIF was terminated on 30 September 1919.

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